The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has called an urgent General Assembly Meeting tomorrow(29) to decide the future Trade Union action against the harassment faced by GMOA President Dr.Anuruddha Padeniya with the hands of some Government Officials.
The Executive Committee which met today has unanimously decided to take a stern action against the harassment faced by their President."However the Trade Union Action that has to be taken will be decided by the General Assembly during tomorrows urgent meeting according to the Assistant Secretary of GMOA Dr.Sankalpa Marasinha.
Dr.Marasinha has said that under the latest incident the officials of the Bribery and Corruption Commission have removed the Personal File belongs to the GMOA President Dr.Padeniya from the Lady Ridgway Hospital in Colombo where he is working without a prior notice."According to the law if there’s a complaint against a Government Servant there’s a certain procedure to deal with such a situation and this is not the way to handle such matters" he stressed.
Recently One Government Minister openly criticized the GMOA President after he expressed his views against the controversial Malabe Private Medical College Issue and as a response GMOA filed a court case against the Minister claiming to pay Rs.300 million as compensation due to harassing of GMOA President Dr.Padeniya.